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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The use of some migraine drugs with
certain antidepressants can cause a fatal condition in which
patients experience hallucinations, overactive reflexes and
rapid heart beat, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned
on Wednesday.

By Ransdell Pierson NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shares of Wyeth fell on Tuesday
following the disclosure that an experimental anti-depressant,
which was designed to be improvement over its top-selling
Effexor XR drug, caused nausea in many patients in a clinical
trial.

Shares of Wyeth fell on Tuesday following the disclosure that an experimental anti-depressant, which was designed to be improvement over its top-selling Effexor XR drug, caused nausea in many patients in a clinical trial.

A new study shows that when patients with major depression fail to respond to a course of Celexa (citalopram) or cannot tolerate its side effects, approximately one third of those whose treatment is augmented with either bupropion (Wellbutrin) or Buspar (buspirone) will experience a remission of their depression. If they are instead switched to Wellbutrin, Zoloft (sertraline), or Effexor (venlafaxine), about one out of four will remit.

A single injection of the hormone medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) is more effective in reducing menopausal hot flashes than is treatment with the antidepressant pill venlafaxine (Effexor), researchers report.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - During the early phase of
antidepressant treatment of pediatric patients, there is a
slight increased risk of suicidal thoughts and behavior, the
results of several studies suggest.

By Karla Gale NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Patients with coronary artery
disease may be at increased risk of death while using
antidepressant drugs, according to the results of an
observational study reported at the American Psychosomatic
Society in Denver.

LONDON (Agence de Presse Medicale) - Antidepressants should
not be used as first-line treatment in patients younger than 18
years old -- even for moderate-to-severe or psychotic
depression -- Britain's health economics watchdog, the National
Institute for Clinical Excellence, said on Wednesday.

In depressed patients who have experienced a heart attack, use of antidepressants, especially selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), was associated with a reduced risk of death and recurrent heart attack, according to an article in the July issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

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